Postal card



DeC- 26, 1944- G. WEINSCHENK 2,365,789

POSTAL CARD Filed May 22, 1942 2 SheebsShee l Patented Dec. 26, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Pos'rAL CARD Gosbert Weinschenk, Chicago, Ill. Appiieatio'n May 22, 1942, serial No. 444,077

` 2 claims. (o1. 22a-92.8) f

This invention relates to improvements in postal cards. One object is to provide a postal card particularly adapted for typewriter use that is so formed that the address and message can be typewritten without removing the card from the ltypewriter and without turning the card over during the process.

i A further object isto provide a postal card that may be typed from the extreme upper edge to the extremelower edge without the card shifting from its original position while being typed,

particularly while being typed along its lowermost edge.

With the foregoing and other objects in View the invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings `which form a part of this patent, and in which-.-

Fig. 1 is a face view of a postal card designed according to the present invention and ready for insertion in a typewriter except that one corner of the card is turned down to show a mucilaged portion.

Fig. 2 is a face view of the card made in strip form, one corner of one portion of one card being shown turned down, one card being shown partly broken away. 'v

Fig. 3` is a face view of a modified form of card made in strips, certain cards being shown broken away.

Fig. 4is a fragmentary view of the card showing the use of a second sheet for making a carbon copy when desired.

Fig. 5 is a face View of amodifled form of card provided with a second sheet for making a carbon copy, the card and sheet being shown unfolded, a portion of the second sheet being broken away. n

Fig. 6 is a View similar to Fig. 5 but showing the opposite side ofthe card and second sheet land a greater portion of the second sheet being broken away. f

Fig. 7 is a view in elevational perspective on a reduced scale of the card and second sheet folded.

Fig. 8 is a plan View of a modified form of card with second sheet, in unfolded position.

Fig. 9 is a face view of a modified formof card with second sheet in folded` position, ready for insertion in a typewriter, and,

Fig. 10 is a face View of Fig. 9 after it has been` typed and addressed and is ready to be stamped and mailed.

, Like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several Views.

Referring now to Fig. 1 a single card is shown but this card may, if desired, be made in strips as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, a number of cards forming a strip; the cards may then be individually torn from the strip as they are to be typed, or one end of the strip may be inserted in the machine and the cards successively or otherwise typed'and thereafter the strip. removed and the cards torn apart. Fig. 4 isidentical with Fig. 1 except that a paper sheet is mucilaged to the topmost edge of the card to provide means for making a carbon copy.

`The reference ynumeral I denotes the body of the card which is oblong in shape and may be of the 'conventional postal card size, it being formed v with the top flap 2 separated from said body by the perforated line or lineal groove 3, said nap` being mucilaged upon its reverse side and formed upon its front face Ywith the spaced lines 4, 5 upon `which the address is to be typed. Separated from the body I by the line 'I grooved Yor perforated is the bottom ap 6. In use the card is inserted in the typewriter with the nap 2 foremost and as the face side of the ap comes into position,the name and address lare typed upon the lines 4, 5; the card is now advanced until the upper edge of the body l is in position, then the message is typed in the usual manner and this message may occupy the space from and including the upperlongitudinal edge to and including the lower longitudinal edge, the card being held in position by the typewriter guides or paper bail engaging the ap while the lower portion of the card body is being typed.

This insures steadiness of the card body in the machine while the lower line or lines are being 2, next alongthe ends of the body I, and finally along'the ends of the flap 6. When the card is finished it is removed from the machine, theap 2 is folded down upon the reverse side of the -body I so that the mucilage causes it to adhere thereto, and the flap 6 is torn olf along the perforated or recessed line I and the card is ready -to be stamped or mailed. When this card is made in strips the flap 6 of each card except the last one is mucilaged and printed with address lines 4, 5 exactly like ap 2 and it then overlaps the upper edge of the card 50. The card is now torn along the line of perforations 4|a and the card is ready to be stamped and mailed. The message side of the card as it then appears is shown in Fig. 10.

Manifestly, numeraus changes and modifications in the details of the embodiments of the invention disclosed will become apparent to those skilled in the art. It is intended that all such ehangesv and modifications be comprehended within the scope of the invention which is to be limited only by the claims appended hereto.

What is claimed is:

l. In a postal card for typewriter use, a body portion having a line of perforations spaced inwardly from one edge, said body portion having a gummed area along its opposite edge upon one face and a narrow gummed area upon the opposite face, and a second sheet adhered to the narrow gummed area of said body, said secondA sheet being formed with a line of perforations spaced from its gummed end, said second sheet being adapted to be torn away along said line of perforations and 'the adhered portion folded about the edge of said body portion and adhere to the large gummedarea thereof.

2. In a postal card for typewriter use, a body portion having a line of perforations in spaced relation to one edge defining a portion to be torn away, the opposite edge of said body being gummed upon both sides, and a piece of relatively thin material adherent to one gummed edge of said body, said material being formed with a line of perforations to permit it to be folded thereupon and thereafter torn away thereupon, the adhering portion then being folded about the edge of said body and adhered to the second ysummed area thereof.

GOSBERT WEINSCHENK. 

